prop rod placement

 i ran my car into the shop after work and i had a question about prop rod placement. i am used to it on most cars i have owned being anchored down somewhere, except this one wasn't. the tech said it was fine to have it where i've decided to keep it. i guess it was supposed to be anchored down but something must have been broken over the years. i got a loaner so i can still get around until it is done. i didn't like waiting a week to run it in but i know there has been a wait at other shops i have been to as well. sometimes there is a personnel shortage. at work the overnight envelope volume was just over forty, but i like how there wasn't that many to do late in the day. i do my best to plow through and get most of them done before the late afternoon running of the inserter machine. and it helps when there is little or no overnight requests in the second i-pay file. this time there was one, but i recognized it as a label i had already created. three checks going to the Polk county sheriff in Des Moines, Iowa. and it became four, i like it when i am able to lump together as many checks as possible. for the second straight day i bought something at a nearby store during my lunchtime. today it was the skyway walk to the Walgreen, the previous day it was a shorter walk to the main floor for a sandwich and juice and a greeting card with turkeys on it. one check was set aside for in-person pick-up except i haven't heard from this colleague after sending the i.m. i even said when i go to lunch to ward off this colleague showing up when i know i wouldn't be in the shop. in the evening i had another can of Sapporo with the evening meal, and now there are four cans left from this six-pack i started with. during my walks i found 51 cents.